Kenai Borough Assembly upholds invocation policy, Homer residents testify

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly revisited the topic of invocations at their Dec. 6 meeting. For the last four months, they have debated whether to restrict who is allowed to give the invocation, or prayer, that begins each Assembly meeting.
The Borough Assembly originally approved a resolution Nov. 22, which would have eliminated their current policy and allowed anyone to give the invocation.
Assembly Member Blaine Gilman made a motion to reconsider the issue, which was approved on Dec. 6 i